Garment-hanger.



L. D. HINCHER.

GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1911.

Patented Feb 20, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH (10.. WASHINGTON. u. c.

LEE D. HINCHER, OF SI-IOALS, INDIANA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed. June 24, 1911. Serial No. 635,060.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEE D. HINCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shoals, county of Martin, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n garment hangers.

The main object of this invention is to provide an improved garment hanger adapted to serve as a coat and trousers or coat and skirt hanger, which is simple and economical in structure, easily adjusted upon the garments and one which supports them effectively.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in th following specification.

The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my inventionis clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this invention, in which:

Figure I is a side elevation of my improved garment hanger, a portion of the body being broken away to show structural details. Fig. II is a detail horizontal section taken on a line corresponding to line 2-2 of Fig. I, showing structural details of the garment clamp. Fig. III is a vertical central section taken on a line corresponding to line 33 of Fig. II, a garment being indicated in the garment clamp by d0tted lines. Fig. IV is a detail section taken on a line corresponding to line 4- of Fig. I. Fig. V is a side elevation of a modified form of my invention, the modification being in the form of the body which is formed in one piece instead of two pieces as shown in Fig. I, and the body only through the suspending hook. Fig. VI is a side elevation of a further modification adapted only as a trousers support. Fig. VII is a detail plan view of the structure appearing in Fig. VI.

In the drawing, similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section lines.

Referring to the drawing, the body 1 consists of a pair of downwardly diverging arms, it being preferably formed of two pieces joined together at the apex as shown in Fig. I.

The trousers or skirt support consists of a pair of coacting clamping bars 2 and 3, formed integrally of a piece of wire bent into a loop or folded upon itself so that the bars 2 and 3 are parallel. The loop end 4 is secured to the under side of one of the body arms by means of the staple 5 arranged through the loop. The other end of the arm 2 is provided with an upwardly bent arm portion or shank extension 6, extending along the under side of the other arm of the hanger and secured thereto by means of the clip 7. This portion 6constitutes the shank of the suspending hook 8, the shank being arranged through the apex of the body arms. The free end of the clamping bar 3 terminates in a laterally ofiset hook 9 adapted to engage the bar 2. In the modification shown in Figs. V, VI and VII, the shank extension 6 of the bar 2 is horizontally disposed and thence bent upwardly at right angles through the body 1, which is in this structure, formed of a single piece.

In the modification shown in Figs. VI and VII, the structure is adapted only as a skirt or trousers hanger, the body being omitted. Otherwise, the structure is the same as that of Fig. V.

My improved hanger is very simple and economical in structure, the clamp portion adding but very little to the expense of an ordinary coat hanger. When attached as shown in Fig. I, the clamp serves as a brace for the body.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment hanger, the combination with a body comprising. downwardly diverging arms; and a pair of coacting clamp bars, formed integrally of a piece of wire folded upon itself, the loop end of the bars being secured to the under side of one of the body arms by a staple engaged with the loop, the other end of one of the clamp bars being secured to the under side of the other arm and being arranged through the arms and terminating in a suspending hook, the free end of the bar terminating in'a later ally turned hook adapted to engage its said coacting bar.

2. In a garment hanger, the combination With a body comprising downwardly di- In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set verging arms; and a pair of ooaoting clamp my hand and seal in the presence of two 10 bars formed integrally of a piece of Wire Witnesses.

folded upon itself, the loop ends of the bars 7 being secured to one of the arms, the other LEE HINCHER' end of one of the bars being secured to the Witnesses: other arm and arranged through the body EDGAR WITGHER, and terminating in a suspending hook. JAMES L. PASSEL.

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